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Tony Award Winning revival: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s "Oklahoma" Is Here

At Nashville's TPAC May 3 - 8th

By Megan Vargas, Publishing Editor Clarksville May 1, 2022


The Tony Award®-winning revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! will make its Nashville debut May 3-8 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall. The 2021-22 tour marks the first time a First-Class Equity production of Oklahoma! has toured North America in more than 40 years. 




Single tickets for Oklahoma! go on sale on Friday, Feb. 11, at 10 a.m. at TPAC.org, by phone at 615-782-4040 and in person at the TPAC Box Office, 505 Deaderick St., in downtown Nashville. For groups of 10 or more, call 615-782-4060.


Directed by Daniel Fish, this is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen or heard it before—reimagined for the 21st century, and now the Tony Award® winner for Best Revival of a Musical. Funny and sexy, provocative and probing, this acclaimed production of Oklahoma! tells a story of a community banding together against an outsider and the frontier life that shaped America. Upending the sunny romance of a farmer and a cowpoke, this Oklahoma! allows the classic musical – and our country – to be seen in a whole new light. 


“This production shocked me and moved me,” raves Frank Rich of New York Magazine. “This is the Oklahoma! that was there all along.” The Daily Beast says “Forget your traditional idea of Oklahoma! Daniel Fish’s daring, utterly absorbing re-interpretation is different—brilliantly so.” 


Oklahoma! features music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs, with original dances by Agnes de Mille



The cast includes Sasha Hutchings (Oklahoma! Broadway, original Broadway cast of “Hamilton”) as Laurey Williams and Sean Grandillo (Deaf West's “Spring Awakening”) as Curly McLain, joined by Christopher Bannow (Oklahoma! Broadway) as Jud Fry, Sis ("Pose”) as Ado Annie Carnes, Hennessy Winkler as Will Parker, Benj Mirman (Oklahoma! Bard SummerScape) as Ali Hakim, Barbara Walsh (“Falsettos,” Company”Oklahoma!National Tour in 1981) as Aunt Eller, Hannah Solow (“The New One”) as Gertie Cummings, Patrick Clanton (“School of Rock,” “Sister Act” tours) as Mike and Ugo Chukwu (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) as Cord Elam. Mitch Tebo (Andrew Carnes) and Gabrielle Hamilton (Lead Dancer) also reprise their roles from the Broadway production. Gillian Hassert,Cameron Anika Hill,Hunter Hoffman, Scott Redmond, Gwynne Wood, and Jordan Wynn join the cast as understudies.


The revival’s creative team includes John Heginbotham (New Choreography), Daniel Kluger (Orchestrations/Arrangements), Nathan Koci (Music Supervision), Andy Collopy (Music Direction), with casting by Taylor Williams and Borna Barzin. Laura Jellinek (Scenic Design), Terese Wadden (Costume Design), Scott Zielinski (Lighting Design), Drew Levy (Sound Design), and Joshua Thorson (Projection Design) round out the creative team. The production stage management team includes Andrew Bacigalupo, Rachael Wilkin, and Jordan Wynn.


Initially announced as a limited engagement, Oklahoma! was extended due to popular demand at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre. The musical played to sold out crowds on Broadway, in addition to garnering multiple Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards and nominations. Oklahoma! officially opened April 7, 2019, after beginning preview performances March 19, and played its final Broadway performance on January 19, 2020.      


Acclaim for Oklahoma! 

  

“This is the Oklahoma! that was there all along.”
-New York Magazine

“This production lets us experience Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatness anew.”

-The New Yorker 


“Forget your traditional idea of Oklahoma! Daniel Fish’s daring, utterly absorbing re-interpretation is different—brilliantly so.”
-The Daily Beast


For more information, please visit oklahomabroadway.com
or find the show on InstagramTwitter, and Facebook.



If You Go:

Oklahoma! 

May 3-8, 2022

TPAC’s Jackson Hall

505 Deaderick St.


Tickets: 

TPAC.org

615-782-4040



Oklahoma! is the sixth production featured in the 2021-22 HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health Broadway at TPAC season. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice. The Broadway season is supported by TPAC’s official health and safety partner, HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health, and institutional sponsor Nissan North America. TPAC is funded in part by support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission. TPAC reminds ticket buyers that the only official place to buy tickets online is TPAC.org.


TPAC is an accessible facility with a variety of services including wheelchair accommodations, accessible parking and assistive listening devices. Open captioning, American Sign Language, audio description and large print and Braille programs are offered at the Sunday matinee performance of each Broadway series production and Broadway special engagement. For more information, email Access@TPAC.org or call 615-782-6577.



Updated Patron Entry Policy


We have updated our Patron Entry Policy and no longer require proof of a negative COVID-19 test or vaccination. Masks are required for Broadway at TPAC performances. For more event-specific policies, visit TPAC.ORG/ShowUpdates. For our complete entry policy and health protocols, visit TPAC.ORG/PatronHealth.


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